Washington County John Doe (December 1998)

Template:UIDWashington County John Doe was a teenager whose remains were found in 1998. He had died sometime between 1914 and 1925.

Characteristics

• He has a partially healed fracture on his left hand.
• He has a thirteenth right rib.
• His right arm is overdeveloped, indicating a heavy industry worker.
• He has tobacco stains on his teeth indicating he was a smoker or tobacco user.
• He had a pulmonary infection, perhaps contributing to his death.

Clothing and accessories

• 2 shirts.
• A jacket.
• Marshall field's boots.
  • His boots had little wear, suggesting he may have travelled by horse, rather than on foot.
    • The number 816 is stamped on the inside cotton liner of the right boot.
• Denim pants.
  • Boots and denim clothing date to the turn of the century.

Gallery

Reconstruction by FACES

Boot

Boot

Clothing

Clothing

Sources

• Washington County John Doe at the Doe Network
• News report